The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission and Gov. Andy Beshear announced an aggressive legalization-to-launch timeline Monday, as sportsbooks will go live in Kentucky in September. The two-phase launch — retail is scheduled for Sept. 7, with a mobile sports betting go-live date of Sept. 28 — comes after Gov. Beshear signed HB 551 into law on March 31.
The KHRC and Beshear also approved emergency and ordinary sports betting regulations Monday, and those rules were published shortly after the meeting. The regulations were filed with the Kentucky Legislative Research Commission Monday, making them effective immediately.
